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Louis Herbert Manceaux (1865–1934) was a French physician, parasitologist, and co-discover of Toxoplasma gondii with Charles Nicolle in 1908.

Biography

Manceaux's life is not well known, but he was physician-scientist recruited by Charles Nicolle to study at the Pasteur Institute of Tunis. He assisted Nicolle with capturing gundi in the Djerid Desert to study a parasite associated with a disease known as oriental sore in North Africa. The parasite observed in the tissue samples rodents was originally named Leishmania gondii in 1908. Upon further analysis, they concluded that the parasite was a newly discovered genus, so it was renamed to Toxoplasma gondii in 1909. After his discovery, Manceaux served as a French military doctor and was on active duty with medical corps during World War I. After retiring from the Army, he went on to work for the Pasteur Intstitute of Paris and practice medicine in Paris.

Works

1908, Sur une infection a corps de Leishman (on organismes voisons) du gondi, Nicolle C, Manceaux L

1909, Sur un protozoaire nouveau du gondi, Nicolle C, Manceaux L

References

  1. Morrissette, NS; Ajioka, JW (2009). "The early years of Toxoplasma research: What's past is prologue". Int J Parasitol. 39 (8): 865–9. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.02.010. PMC 2727930. PMID 19250939.
  2. Ferguson, DJ (March 2009). "Toxoplasma gondii: 1908-2008, homage to Nicolle, Manceaux and Splendore". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 104 (2): 133–48. doi:10.1590/s0074-02762009000200003. hdl:1807/57623. PMID 19430635.
  3. ^ Moulin, A. M. (1993-01-01). "Historical introduction: the Institut Pasteur's contribution". Research in Immunology. 144 (1): 8–13. doi:10.1016/S0923-2494(05)80089-6. ISSN 0923-2494. PMID 8451524.
  4. ^ Nicolle, C.; Manceaux, L. H. (July 2009). "On a Leishman body infection (or related organisms) of the gondi". International Journal for Parasitology. 39 (8): 863–864. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.02.001. ISSN 0020-7519. PMID 19630137.
  5. ^ Morrissette, NS; Ajioka, JW (2009). "The early years of Toxoplasma research: What's past is prologue". Int J Parasitol. 39 (8): 865–9. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.02.010. PMC 2727930. PMID 19250939.
  6. "Sur un nouveau genre de Zeides". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences. 148: 873–874. 1909. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20010. ISSN 0001-4036.


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